Pemanfaatan biji kelor (moringa oleifera) sebagai biokoagulan pada pengolahan limbah cair tempe (studi kasus: industri tempe semanan, jakarta barat)
P encemaran lingkungan di kawasan Semanan dikarenakan pembuangan langsung limbah cair industri tempe ke badan air tanpa pengolahan terlebih dahulu. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk memperoleh efektivitas larutan biji kelor sebagai biokoagulan dan potensi efluen cair sebagai pupuk organik cair guna mengurangi pembuangan limbah cair yang tidak diolah serta pemanfaatan kembali limbah cair tempe. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode jar test dan reaktor batch berpengaduk dengan proses koagulasi, flokulasi dan sedimentasi. Biokoagulan larutan biji kelor menggunakan konsentrasi 10% dari serbuk biji kelor dengan kulitnya dan NaCl. Volume sampel jar test sebanyak 500 mL limbah cair proses perendaman dengan variasi dosis biokoagulan yaitu 0, 10, 20, 30, 50 , 70, 100, 500, 600, 700, 800 mg/L. Variasi waktu pengadukannya yaitu koagulasi 2, 3, dan 4 menit dan flokulasi 10, 12, dan 15 menit. Hasil jar test dengan larutan biji kelor dapat menyisihkan TSS 58%, kekeruhan 69%, BOD 88%, dan COD 75% dengan dosis optimum 500 mg/L dan waktu pengadukan optimum koagulasi 2 menit (100 RPM), flokulasi 45 menit (40 RPM), serta sedimentasi 60 menit. Volume sampel reaktor batch berpengaduk sebanyak 16 L limbah cair tempe dan 8 L larutan biji kelor dengan waktu pengadukan koagulasi 1 menit (100 RPM), flokulasi 10 menit (20 RPM) dengan sedimentasi 60 menit. Hasil reaktor batch berpengaduk menunjukkan bahwa larutan biji kelor efektif sebagai biokoagulan karena mampu menyisihkan > 50% parameter TSS, kekeruhan, BOD, dan COD. Namun, hasil efluen masih belum memenuhi baku mutu. Efluen cair dari lumpur pengujian reaktor batch berpengaduk tidak berpotensi untuk dijadikan pupuk organik cair.
E nvironmental pollution in the Semanan area is due to the direct disposal of tempe industrial wastewater into water bodies without prior treatment. The purpose of this study was to obtain the effectiveness of moringa seed solution as a biocoagulant and the potential for liquid effluent as liquid organic fertilizer to reduce the disposal of untreated liquid waste and the reuse of tempe liquid waste. This study used the jar test method and stirred batch reactor with coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation processes. Biocoagulant solution of Moringa seeds uses a concentration of 10% of Moringa seed powder with its skin and NaCl. The volume of the jar test sample was 500 mL of soaking process liquid waste with varying doses of biocoagulants namely 0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100, 500, 600, 700, and 800 mg/L. The variations of the stirring time were coagulation 2, 3, and 4 minutes and flocculation 10, 12, and 15 minutes. Jar test results with Moringa seed solution can remove 58% TSS, 69% turbidity, 88% BOD, and 75% COD with an optimum dose of 500 mg/L and optimum stirring time of 2 minutes coagulation (100 RPM), 45 minutes flocculation (40 RPM), and 60 minutes of sedimentation. The sample volume of the stirred batch reactor was 16 L of tempe liquid waste and 8 L of Moringa seed solution with a coagulation stirring time of 1 minute (100 RPM), flocculation of 10 minutes (20 RPM), and sedimentation of 60 minutes. The results of the stirred batch reactor showed that the Moringa seed solution was effective as a biocoagulant because it was able to remove > 50% of the parameters TSS, turbidity, BOD, and COD. However, the effluent results still do not meet the quality standards. The liquid effluent from the sludge of the stirred batch reactor test has no potential to be used as liquid organic fertilizer.